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Title: EBSCO Publishing Announces Collaboration with MEDITECH
Date: March 2010
Vendor: EBSCO
Press Release:
EBSCO Publishing Announces Collaboration with MEDITECH
~ Evidence-based Information from Patient Education Reference Center(TM) Available via MEDITECH EMR later in 2010 ~
IPSWICH, Mass. -- March 1, 2010 -- Making sure patients understand their diagnosis and the follow-up that is required is an essential area of patient care and providing accurate, trustworthy patient education is paramount for hospitals. An agreement between MEDITECH and medical content provider EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO) promises to make sure patients leave the emergency room with evidence-based discharge instructions representing the best available medical information.
EBSCO is the provider of Patient Education Reference Center(TM) (PERC), a comprehensive collection of evidence-based discharge instructions and patient education. Under the agreement with MEDITECH, PERC discharge instructions will be accessible via the MEDITECH Health Care Information System (HCIS) later in 2010. Discharge instructions will be fully integrated into MEDITECH's Emergency Department Management, Physician Care Manager, Patient Care System, and Oncology applications allowing clinicians to provide patients with the latest, evidence-based information upon discharge. Patients will gain comprehensive, easy-to-understand information regarding all aspects of their care.
Vice President of Marketing for MEDITECH Hoda Sayed-Friel says, "We considered the needs of the hospitals that use our resources, along with the needs of patients, when deciding to work with EBSCO. Our customers place a high priority on having the latest medical evidence available in discharge instruction content. EBSCO has a long-standing reputation as a leader in evidence-based point-of-care resources, and being able to seamlessly integrate Patient Discharge Instruction content into MEDITECH means physicians can be confident they are discharging patients with the information they need."
EBSCO's point-of-care resources provide doctors, clinicians, nurses and other healthcare professionals with the best available evidence-based clinical reference tools for their information needs. Integrated healthcare content solutions from EBSCO Publishing include PERC along with DynaMed(TM) , Nursing Reference Center(TM) and Rehabilitation Reference Center(TM).
About EBSCO Publishing
EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO) is the leading provider of evidence-based clinical point-of-care resources for doctors, nurses, patients and rehabilitation specialists. The company's product lines include proprietary databases such as CINAHL(R), DynaMed(TM), Nursing Reference Center(TM), Patient Education Reference Center(TM), Rehabilitation Reference Center(TM), Rehabilitation & Sports Medicine Source(TM) and SocINDEX(TM) as well as dozens of leading licensed databases such as MEDLINE(R), PsycARTICLES(R) and PsycINFO(R). Databases are powered by EBSCOhost(R), the most-used for-fee electronic resource in libraries around the world. For more information, visit the EBSCO Publishing Web site at: www.ebscohost.com, or www.ebscohost.com/pointofcare.
About MEDITECH
MEDITECH provides integrated software solutions to meet the information needs of health care organizations around the world. A global leader in the health care information systems industry, we understand the complexities of health care organizations and develop the informatics tools needed to deliver patient care safely and efficiently. From large integrated delivery networks to community hospitals, our software solutions support the entire continuum of health care, including physician practices, clinics, hospitals, home health agencies, long-term care and behavioral health facilities. Learn more about us at www.meditech.com.
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For more information, please contact:
Kathleen McEvoy
Public Relations Manager
EBSCO Publishing
(800) 653-2726 ext. 2594
kmcevoy@ebscohost.com
Paul Berthiaume
Public Relations Manager
MEDITECH
(781) 821-3000 ext. 5742
pberthiaume@meditech.com
